Last Week's Whatzit

Last week's mystery item would be right at home in the kitchen, especially if a recipe called for grated nutmeg. Yep. This is a nutmeg grater. Our friend, Gerald Miels of Muncie says the top half moves left and right over the bottom half to grind the nutmeg.

Let's get right to the responses the Whatzit offices received: Frank McCreery, Muncie, nailed it. So did Dennis Dobbs of New Castle and Jim Krug, from up north Angola way. The brothers Howell over at Farmland said it was some kind of grater or sharpening tool. And first time Whatziteer Christy Buis said, "I'm thinking a garlic grinder. Looks a lot like a kitchen utensil from back in the day. Or maybe some kind of animal call?" Welcome, Christy!

Tom Smith of Muncie, wrote, "I would guess the subject item to be some type of embossing device for paper. Similar to a legal stamp used for official documents." A great guess.